That’s me on the left, though without the glasses I usually wear. Any given year (or month), I might or might not have a beard, depending on how much I hate shaving just then. Also, that photo was taken in 2010, which has been <checks watch> at least ten minutes. But otherwise, yeah, that’s me. My wife took the picture. Because my arms aren’t that long.

Author Bio

Most days, David R. Michael (AKA, “me”) is a software developer and a writer. Some days, he’s a writer and a software developer. Other days, he’s an amateur woodworker and a gardener, and there are still other days when he fancies himself a Web comic artist and a cook. Because, really, who is the same person every day?

David is the designer and developer of The Journal, personal journaling software for Windows. He has also designed and developed video games, and has written two nonfiction books and numerous articles about video game development.

David lives with his wife, kids and cats in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Writers Who Have Influenced Me

Here are the writers who have had the most influence on me (for good or ill) as a writer and just in general, in no particular order:

Neil Gaiman, Andrew Vachss, Robert Heinlein, Orson Scott Card, Stephen R. Donaldson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Stephen King, Ayn Rand, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, C. S. Lewis, Arthur C. Clarke, John Steakley, Louis L’Amour, Frank Herbert, Ray Bradbury, J. K. Rowling, Christopher Moore, David Gerrold